Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.950-4.150 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.990. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.9 billion.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on BFAM shares. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $102.00 to $100.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird raised shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $140.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, November 22nd. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $137.00 to $125.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $148.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on Bright Horizons Family Solutions from $155.00 to $132.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $135.33.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE BFAM opened at $118.91 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.75 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.61. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a 52-week low of $100.59 and a 52-week high of $141.90. The company has a fifty day moving average of $114.93 and a 200-day moving average of $124.55.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.03). Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a return on equity of 13.23% and a net margin of 4.44%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Bright Horizons Family Solutions will post 3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Bright Horizons Family Solutions news, Director Mary Ann Tocio sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.71, for a total transaction of $573,550.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 25,257 shares in the company, valued at $2,897,230.47. This represents a 16.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.22% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Company Profile

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provides early education and childcare, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company operates in three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services.